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Shell In Mayo: Qui Bono? Follow The Money Blog Is Here

category mayo | miscellaneous | other press author Friday July 15, 2005 21:06author by dilligent googleer Report this post to the editors

Someone Will Benefit - Because the Irish Citizenry Will Not.

This thread will be a blog with which to follow the money. The Irish State got SFA in return for handing this gas over lock stock and barrel to A Consortium of Shell / Statoil and Marathon. Who in Ireland will benefit? Please help follow the money.
Following The Pipe At Both Ends
Following The Pipe At Both Ends


Shell In Mayo: Rossport 5 Jailed

"The" only answer that makes any logical sense to the qui bono question to me (and our government are nothing if not logical when it comes to asset stripping and putting interests of corporate / business elites above public interest) is that local economic elites will benefit further down the pipelines. The state will get no royalties but through these sweetheart deals the irish economic elite will extract their own royalties literally at the pumps."

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Marathon Also Have an Involvement With Shell in Russia Re. Controversial Pipeline There     googleer    Fri Jul 15, 2005 21:12 
   Consortium Buys Up Shell Infrastructure in Ireland     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:23 
   And "Former EMO Oil" Leads on to DCC     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 13:16 
   And DCC might lead Back to this Transaction through     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 13:26 
   DCC In October 2004 Got Shell Goodwill in UK     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 13:35 
   Goodwill     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 13:44 
   Flogas part of the puzzle     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 13:55 
   GB Oils Owned by DCC Bought Shell : Their Reasoning: Gas To Replace expensive Heating Oils     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 14:04 
   Big Picture - Shell Goodwill not worth what it was     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 14:11 
 10   Why give away the gas when demand outstrips supply? Thiking aloud.     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 15:28 
 11   I walked the madra and can now say this more clearly     *    Sun Jul 17, 2005 15:42 
 12   Why Indymedia.ie Matters...     screen shooter    Sun Jul 17, 2005 23:58 
 13   Various 'Gories' From SBP: They've 'Followed the Money"     *    Mon Jul 18, 2005 00:11 
 14   What's Irish for BlogGing? Gas Diary? Ag BlØgeacht an Madrinin     *    Mon Jul 18, 2005 00:29 
 15   perhaps Gavin would comment on these connections?     redjade    Tue Jul 19, 2005 18:03 
 16   Heads Rolled over Bribery at Statoil last year:     *    Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:57 
 17   Statoil, Iran, Nigeria and oohhh Cayman Islands     *    Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:44 


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